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Terror at Home
Photo courtesy of Amnesty International Image from Amnesty International’s campaign to raise awareness about domestic violence. Amnesty International states that two women die a week in Argentina as a...
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Are the punishments for domestic violence severe enough?
The media has reported extensively on a worrying recent trend of women being set on fire by their male partners. But this is just a small part of a growing problem of domestic violence in Argentina,...
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Abuse at Home: Violence Against Women in Argentina
Last month, a 26-year-old man who assaulted and threatened his ex-wife was sentenced to jail for five years. In a landmark ruling in Argentina, the Buenos Aires’ court found that Miguel Leonardo Paz’s...
View ArticleDomestic Violence On the Rise
Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, but according to new studies, domestic violence continues in Argentina. An alarming increase in reported cases has shown...
View ArticleGuatemala: UN Denounces High Levels of Violence Against Women
The UN today denounced the “unprecedented” levels of femicide in Guatamala where 448 women were killed in the eight-month period between January and August in 2011. In the annual report United Nations...
View ArticleBill Increasing Penalties for “Gender Hatred” Homicides Heads to Senate
Argentina’s Senate is set to work on a new law to increase the penalties for homicides resulting from “gender hatred,” after Congress voted in favour of it last night. With 203 votes for, zero votes...
View ArticleDeputies Call for ‘National Emergency’ on Gender Violence
Frente Amplio Progresista (FAP) deputies Virginia Linares and Victoria Donda have called for a ‘national emergency’ to be declared as new information regarding gender-related crimes becomes public....
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Honduras: President’s Son Facing Domestic Violence Charges
Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa (photo: Wikimedia Commons)Cristian Javier Lobo Bulnes, son of Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa, was temporarily released yesterday after serving five days in...
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UNICEF Launches Awareness Campaign Week On Premature Birth
Photo courtesy of UNICEF.org The UNICEF-led initiative ‘Semana del Prematuro’ (Week of the Premature Baby) was inaugurated yesterday by the national minister of health and social development, Dr. Luis...
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Should men be more integrated into the debate on gender violence?
This week’s news feature tackles the issue of violence against women but from the relatively unexplored angle concerning the aggressor. Terrible stories of acts of violence towards women and the...
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‘Pornography is a Form of Violence’: An Interview with Marcela Lagarde
Marcela Lagarde (photo by Desirée Jaimovich) Mexican anthropologist and researcher Marcela Lagarde is one of the most important figures in Latin American feminism today. Invited to participate in a...
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